Tally



Nov. 4, 1930. c. HARRIS 1,78Q,87

TALLY Filed April l3 1928 l W W Z 2 a a 3 SCORE SCORE A W W A 481/ E r 5C Q ABLE8 C NUMBER. D 7 w NUMBER D E 4 E P F i 1 F 49 6 w w 49 G H l I JZ7 %4 Mal-:7 nauzz \J 101% w Q1 TOTAL 2 6 26b 1%; zs

7 I r Z6 Z6 Z7 2 INVENTORE Clara Cflarm's ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES CLARA C. .HARRIS,

F sABINA, OHIO TALLY' Application filed April-13,

This invention relates to tallies, to be used during the playing of anykind of game that may be conducted in a progressive manner,

and for the purpose of guiding the progress of the entire series ofgames to be played at a tournament or afiair.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tally which issuitable for a tournament involving a certain number of tables aroundwhich, as in auction bridge, a definite number of players are to bepositioned.

Another object of the invention is the provision of tallies which may bearranged in combined sets each of which is suitable for a p 5 tournamentinvolving either of two different number of tables.

A further object of the invention is the provision of tallies'each ofwhich has displayed thereupon a plurality of identifying and designatingsymbols, characters, names, or signs properly arranged and grouped toprovide quickly and easily understood in structions suitable for guidingthe progress of a participant through the entire series'of games to beplayed.

provide tallies of a proper number tosupply each person participatingwith one of the.

same, every person being guided by his tally so that he will play butone game with each of theother persons participating and will not remainat a-table for more than one suc- I cessive game, thereby permittingevery person to reachevery table onceduring the play. Other objects andadvantages of the inven tion will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description: 7 In the accompanying drawing forming a numeralsare employed to designate like A still further object of the inventionis to part of this specification and in which like 1928. Serial No.269,741.

tallies illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 respectively.

In the drawing, whereinfor the'purpose of illustration are shownpreferred embodiments of thislnvention, the numeral15, 1n 5:

Fig. '1, is employed to designate in its entirety one tally of what willbe termed a single set of tallies. This tally consists of a card whichmay be 'folded'if desired along the line 16 to'form the portions 15 and15 The'portion 15 has displayed thereon a series of lines 17 which aredesig-Q nated by the diiierentidentification characters 18. These lines17 are intended to receive the scores made during the difierent gamesofa tournament,there being preferably ten games played during thetournament and the games are identified one from the other by thecharacters 18. The portion 15 further is provided with a tallyidentification character 19 which is assumed by the holder of the tallyto distinguish him from other participants. Suitable lines 20 may beprovided on the portion 15 for re ceiving the name of the holder of thetally and any other information desired. 8 s

The remaining portion 15 of the tally has arranged thereupon, in anydesired manner or order, a series or group of similarly andcharacteristically defined or outlined spaces 21. In this particularshowing of applicants invention, the spaces are outlined by triangles.Each triangle may be divided into two parts by a line 22. In one ofthese parts, each spaceis provided with a char acter 23 which is similarto one of the char acters 18 employed for identifying the scorereceiving lines 17 The identification cha-' acter 23 appearing a. space21 therefore discloses that this space relates to or is in some waydependent upon the score line 1'? bearing the same identificationcharacter. The same portion of a space 21 which bears, the character 23also bears table designating in-dicia 2 1. In the remaining portion of aspace 21, instructions are displayed suitable for guiding the holder ofa particular card to a particular partnerfor the particular gamedesignatedin thespace, such instruction be-V ing designated bytheireference character 25.

In playing gamesysuch as auction bridge, in a progressiveinanner, it isusually customary for the hostess to provide each participant With atally or score and guide card so that the various guests Will beproperly I I scattered or distributed at the various tables j and withthe various playersthroughout the entire tournament" or affair; To addto the pleasure of the game, as Well as to arrive at a fair total ofscore for each participant, it

is very desirable to progressively guide the various players during thetournament so that-eachperson willnot' play as a partner with any otherplayer more than one game during the affair and sothateach person Willnot reinainat a table for more than one? successive game therebypermitting every personto reach every table at least once.

'l Viththese ideas in mind, it is necessary for each participant tobeprovided with a tally which; will identify the holder from;

. the remaining participants and which will uide the said holder to theproper ta'bles and partners during th e affair. For atournaidentificationcharacters 1- to"QL'irespeQtive f 1y; Thetally'displayed in Fig. 1 bears the a "by the numeral 19.. particulartally, therefore, is held by 'afplaye'r who willbe identified as number11 during the entire V g the identification character Af He will beinent involving six tables at Which auction bridge isto beplayed, it isnecessary to pro:

videtwenty-four tallies which will bear the identification character 11and is designated tournga n'e nt. The holderof this'card 11,

p'riorfto the start of the first ame which is designated by thecharacter at the'spaces designated'by the reference.

character 'Ql'until he finds the space bearing advised by theinstructions appearing in this space that heis topla'y game (A) at table3 I with tl ie partyholding 'tallyfnumber' 6 as his partner, Theholderof tall'y'number 11 will proceedin the same manner to determi'nethe table at which he willplay each of 'the successive fgaines B, C, andD, etc. and

with whom he .will play these games as a. "partner i It is to beunderstood that this tally 'nu'm 5 ber 11 prepared for a six-tabletournament merely illustrates one embodiment of a pli cantsinvention-and-it is to beiunderstood that by providing adifferent-number of talaliesandbydisplaying in the spaces 21 suit V ableinstructions, sets of tallies may be pro- .duc'ed for "tournamentsinvolving any num-,

ber of tables. i

, i It often happens' that'a hostess inpreparfor a party will invite aproper number or" guests tomak'e'up a.tournanient involving a definitenumber of tables, forcinstance,

eightjtables; Such a'host'ess, therefore,'would procure a set of tallieswhich wouldcontain. thirty-two individual :cards. If, however; 5 some ofherguestsvvere unable to attend the this folded 'position theportion j26 'fhas i Willglance' party and she were only able to make up seventables, her set of tallies prepared' for eight tables would beinadequate to take care other guests. For the purpose of OVOI'COIIl-.ing this disadvantage, applicant has devised what will be-term'ed acombineds'et of tallies amejnt'involvingeither of two different numberoftablesg c 7 i In FigsQ to 5, inclusive, there'is illustrated' 1a;,tally; designated by the reference character 26 which happens tobe-tallynum- ,which will be suitable" for'use as a tournberIlO of acombined set'suitab'le for atournament involving either eight orseventables. In Figs. 2*and 4g the ita-llyis arranged so that itsportions 26%; and 26F are jointly visible.

, A portion- 26 is "folded iipon" th line so,

that it will lie against therearface "of'thei po'rti'on'26 To retain*the portion" 26 in stamped or struck therefrom a tongue28 under whichthe freeedge o fthefportionflti is tucked or positioned. v V p I InFigs. Sand 5 ',"the"portion 26 is folded} on the line 'sothat itoverlies thefront c ftharo ti 61- i. The t n u again brought into use toretain the portion 26" in thisselected'position.' V

picted thereupon the.f saine'yinformation' as displayed 1 the p" twn1550f thetally i shown inFig. 1 namely, the tally identifica The iron'fa'c'e oftheportiongti has de'i- 1 tion character 19, the scorereceivingililies 17, t e fuse identifying charact r 1s*a ;ri1d= theinformation receivingflines 20; It isww believed unneces-saryfto devoteany further time to description. of these features of the tally." InFig.2 and 4, the frontifa'ceof the tally, portion 26 is displayedandthisface bears a "series 6f character'stically and 'siinicharacteri'ziiig ordefiningline is in the form of a circle. j'These paces Ql a'r'eidentified one from the other by characters 23 "which are similar to thecharacters '1 8''emp1olyed" for identifying the "various scorereceiving'flines 17 5f As described in fconnection' the L tally 1'5illustrated-fin Fig.1, these identifica tionl characters "QB associatethe va'riou's the portion, 2 6f -;has displayed; thereonsgame, table;and partner designating instructions which appearin the series ofcharacteristical} ly 0'1 similarly defined .orfoutlined spaces theinstructions appearing in the similar game identified spaces on theportion 26 and are suitable for guiding the holder of the tally throughthe successive games of a tournament involving a difierent number oftables than the number of tables taken care of by the instructionsappearing on the portion 26.

It so happens that the tally illustrated inbined set of tallies capableof being used in a tournament involving either of any two' differentnumber of tab It will be noted that the spaces 21 in the tallyillustrated in Fig. l-are defined or outlined by triangles and that thespaces 2i appearing on the portions of the tally shown in Figs. 2 to 5,inclusive, are outlined or defined by circles. It also will be notedthat the triangular spaces in Fig. 1 are staggered with respect to eachother and that the circularly defined spaces in Figs. 2 and 8 arearranged in orderly columns. These variations in shape and arrangementare intended to show that I do not desire to be limited to anyparticular outline'or arrangement as many variations in this respect maybe carried out without departing from the spirit of the invention. Ialso wish to note that I do not desire to be limited to any particularmanner in which the instructions are displayed in the outlined ordefined spaces. The arrangement shown in the figures merely is intendedto illustrate what has been found to be very satisfactory. Should it befound desirable to prepare a set of tallies which would be suitable foruse in a tournament involving any one of three different numbers oftables, it merely would be necessary to add one more portion such asthose designated by the characters 26 and 26. It is believed that such amodification or change would fall within the spirit of the inventionillustrated in Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, and no further illustration needbe provided to show the concept of such a variation. Having thusdescribed the invention, I claim: 7 1. A tally for games playedprogressively at a tournament involving either of two different numberof tables, said tally being formed of a plurality of foldably connectedsections, one of said sections having printed on one face thereof ascore field, the two remaining sections each having printed on one ofits faces a series of guiding instructions,-

one of the two remaining sections having its series of guidinginstructions displayed on the face thereof opposite to the display faceof the other remaining section so that the first mentioned remainingsection may be folded against the back face or against the front face ofthe second mentioned remaining section to leave exposed only one of theseries of guiding instructions and to conceal the other series and meansfor holding the first mentioned remaining section in either of itsoperative posi tions.

2. A tally card for games played progressively at a tournament involvingone of several different number of tables, said tally comprising amulti-part card the said parts bearing printed matter representingrespectively a score field and groups of instructions differing one fromthe other, the groups of instructions being arranged on pivotallyconnected parts of the tally and movable into superimposedrelation withrespect to each other so that only one of said groups of instructionswill be visible with the score field, and means for securing the partsin superimposed relation.

3. A tally card comprising a plurality of similarly shaped, foldablyconnected parts,

and means carried by one of said parts for engaging an edge of anadjacent part for hold-' ing the last mentioned part folded againsteither the front or rear face of the first mentioned part, the two partsheld'together by said means being free to move as a unit with respect tothe remaining part while the card is in use.

A tally card comprising a plurality of similarly shaped, foldablyconnected parts, and a hinged tab located substantially at the fold linebetween two of said parts for holding a third part folded against eitherof the faces of one of the said two parts, the parts held together bysaid tab being free to move as a unit with respect to the remaining partwhen 7 the card is in use.

CLARA C. HARRIS.

